Exclusivity Barred Worker's Parents from Pursuing Civil Remedy for Fatal Car Accident

A California appellate court upheld a finding that a traveling worker’s death from a car accident occurred within the course and scope of her employment, which prohibited her parents from seeking a civil remedy for her demise. Deniece Abraham worked for Wells Fargo at its business support call center in Sacramento. In November 2019, she was part of a team of traveling bankers that went to Virginia to train new call center employees who had been hired to staff a business support call center in that state. The hotel where the traveling bankers stayed provided complimentary alcohol during...